I wanted to write about joy today, but I think Ann Voskamp did us all a favor when she said almost everything there is to say about joy in her book One Thousand Gifts. I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t finish reading it. I also don’t keep a gratitude journal. Or participate in counting gifts, or joy dares, or…
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Day 22: Peace for the Journey
A month ago, I created an editorial calendar for the 31 days of October. I assigned each day a topic and, for the most part, I’ve stuck to it. I wrote many posts in advance, knowing I wouldn’t find time to write while away on holiday last week. We arrived home late Saturday night and our four suitcases exploded in my bedroom…
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Day 21: Inspiration for the Journey
“The real work of this life is not what we do every day from 9-5…The real work is to be passionate, be holy, be wild, be irreverent, to laugh and cry until you awaken the sleeping spirits, until the ground of your being cleaves and the universe comes flooding in.” ~Geneen Roth I spent this past week doing all of…
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Day 20: Humor for the Journey
Last spring, my husband booked us a boat ride. Allow me clarify. He booked a half-day journey on rough-ish waters in a tiny sailboat with five people who take issue with the sea—as in we get seasick. He knew this going in, but sailing on the open sea was one of his greatest dreams, so the rest of us had…
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Day 19: Tanya Marlow on the Journey-A Guest Post
Today, I’ve asked Tanya Marlow to join us and talk a bit about her journey. Tanya writes at Thorns and Gold, and I’ve gotten to know a bit about her from both her blog and her twitter feed (which is always chock full of great links and good conversation). Both have given me a close up perspective on Tanya’s struggle living with a chronic illness….
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